Liquid-dispensing apparatus



Jan. 5 s G. W. M KENZIE LIQUID DISPENSING APgAnA'ws Filed Oct. 24,. 1922' 6 sheets-sheet 1 mvcm'oa wnuasscs I w.

Jan. 5', 1926.

' G. W. M KENZIE LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATU Filed 001.24, 1922 s rmn's-s'met s \NViiNi-OR l/ I I f/ /l WITNEfiSCS .Jan. 5 1926. I

G. w. M KENzlE LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATUS Filed Oct. 24, 1922 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 F I E .XI

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mcurn-msrnnsme nrrnnnrua' p I Application filed October 24, 1922. Serial No. 596,588.

To bllwhom it may concern: a Be it known that GEORGE W. MACKENZIE, residing at-Spr'ingfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, a citizen of thetUnited States,; has invented or dis:

covered certain new and useful Improve ments in Liquid-Dispensing Apparatus, of which improvements the fol owing 1s a apeoi ficationl a W My invention relates to gasoline dispens- 7 ing apparatus, and-consists 1n improvements 'inapparatus of the t e and general char-. acter of my now-pen ing applicatmn' for United, States Letters Patent, filed .February 16,-1922', Serial No; 536,89 2. The Ob jects of improvement are simplicity of struc--- ture and accuracy and efli'ciency in service. The invention is illustrated in the accomanying drawings} Fig.1 is a general and iagrammaticvlewof a gasoline'station 1n wvhich my present invention is embodied, Fig. II is a view to larger scale and shows aroline-dispensing fixture." Fig. III and I are views in medial and'vertical section and in planes at right angles one, to theiother, of the lower I portion of the dispensing fixture with its] containedapparatus; Figs V and .VI are,

I corresponding views of the upper portion of the fixture." Figs; VII-XII illustratedetails; Fig VII shows infelevatlon. a certain registering mechanism in situ; Fig. VIII'. lS a view in plan from beneath -of a certain part hereinafter s oken of'as a base block; Fig. "IXis'a view in vertical section through a certain valve chest showing the contained valve and its-immediately associated parts; Fi X is a similar view through another vafve 'chest' showin its contained valve; Fig. XI illustrates t e inter-engagement of a certain lever with the "operatmg handle; andFigure XII is'a view in vertical section through the base block-already mentioned, the plane of section bein at right an Ice to that of Figure IIIand indicated at 11- X I. Fig. VIIL- Referring first to Fi ingfixture'is indicate at-l. Ordinarily it stands upon asuitable foundation by a curb stone of a street or like lace, adjacent to the runway of the automo iles to be served.

i Beneath thejground level is a line stor age tank 2, to which leads a or pipe 8,

and from-whichrisesa supply pipe 4 to,

'line of flow through suction p discharged through I through pipe 6. The

platform 20 and walls which may :eonduits, 24 and 25, latform 20 These,

I, the ga's oline ven'dfixture 1. An air pump 5 exerts suction through pipe 6 which leads from fixture 1,

Qand discharges through a pipe 7 to the atmosphere. A condenser 8 is arranged in the "pa 6, and from from ischarge pipe pipes .9 and 10 for condensed gasocondenser 8- aswell as 7 return line lead ack to tank 2. Thus the air drawn by the -(pump through pipe 6 is relieved of its bur en of gaso ine vapor before being pipe 7. A vacuum-controlled switch 11 placed in theelectric circuit 12, 13 which feeds the motor for pump' which the pump when in operation exerts pneumatic connections for this automatic switch are indicated at 14 and 15. The circuit 18 to fixture be seen to. include a suitable casin 19 with a vhorizontally disposed aperture with openings 21 in its side he covered by sliding doors.

'5, automatically limits the degree ofsuction 16, 17 which feeds the light bulb set in fixture 1 as presently will be dGSCIlbGd) may be led through conduit top .or

Figs. III'and .IV show platform 20 bolted upon the walls ginal flange overhanging in eaves-like manner the line of union.

From t within the chamber 22. Into -a central a through platform 20 is screwed the lower end ofa-conduit 23 which rises vertically from the platform. Conduit 23 opens from chamber 22 below. At anelevated point this conduitis vented, as at 40.

t On either side of conduit 23 and diametrically opposite one another rise two more also set in apertures in however open, not from the central chamber 22, but'from the surrounding space; between chamber 22 and the walls of casing 19. 1 v j On oppositesides of conduit'23; "and at cpliadrant points'between'conduits 24-and 25, t e 'latform carries the two measurin cham ers. Each measurin "chamber stand on a chambered base bloc 26, Each base block rests directl upon platform 20 and is secured to the p atform by means of cap screws, gaskets-being interposed between its rim and the platform. The chunhe under side of platform 20 and walls of casing 19 hangsa tight rture of casing 19 with a mar Y ing therewith hermetically tight joints,

The cylindrical measuring chambers stand on end, on the two base blocks 26, and are secured upon the blocks by being boltedthereto. Pipes 30 screwed into orifices formed centrally in base blocks 26, rise vertically from the blocks. The heads of the cylindrical measuring chambers are centrally orificed to permit of application upon these vertically standing pipes, and when the measuring chambers are in place, clamping nuts 31 secure them. It will of course be understood that the clamping pressure thus available may be employed to make tight the joints between the walls and heads of the cylinders.

The base blocks are particrfiarly shown n Figures 111, VIII and XII. liiey are in their external shape conical frusta. Internally each is chambered thus: (1) a shallow circular recess 32 of relatively large diameter is formed concentrically in thelower base of the frustum; (2) an axial bore 33 of relatively small diameter extends vertically through the block. Into the upper end 0 this bore the pipe 30 is screwed. ,(3) At four quadrant points remote from the axis four bores are drilled, one opposite pair 34, 34: of relatively small diameter extends through the block from lower base to upper, the other opposite pair 35, 35 of relatively large diameter extends but part way from the recess in the lower base of the frustum u wardly. A smaller opening for the passage or a valve stem does, however, penetrate beyond one of the pair of blind bores 35 the rest of the way through the block. The

y the uppermost perforation,

lower head 28 of each measuring chamber is merely an annulus and accordingly the bores 34 in the base block and the opening just mentioned through base block 26 for the valve stem lead without obstruction to the cylindriral measuring chamber. 7

As best shown in Fig. III, the platform 20 is provided on opposite sides with sym' metrical pairs of orifices 36, 37-36, 37, ar ranged conveniently in diametrical l and the blocks 26 are so arranged upon the platform that the shallow recess 32 in the lower.

base of each block covers a pair of these orifices, while the blind bores 35 are directly aligned above these orifices.

The pipes 30 which extend centrally "hrough the measuring chambers are perforated at frequent intervals. Within each i ipe 30, and approximately at the level of is arranged an upwardly closing check valve 85. The seat t which valve rises is, however,

Move the level of the uppermost perforation situated weenie form which this check valve preferably takes is shown in Fig. XII. It is a valve whose weight is such and which in its range of play is so limited that unaided suction, which as presently will be explained, is during operation exerted through pipe 30 from above, is unable to raise it; but which, when, in response to continued suction, a tide'of gasoline rises in the measuring chamber and 111 the ipe30 and more or less completely submerges-it and exerts its buoyancy upon it, then, responsive to the combined influences of suction and buoyancy, rises and closes. But more than that, the body of the valve is, as shown in Fig. IX, preferably prolonged and so particularly constitute with the wall of the pipe 30 a winding passageway. Through this winding passageway air will easily stream, but when in the course of operation the tide of gasoline rises and begins to stream through, the greater drag of the passage walls upon the passing stream of liquid will, buoyanc 00- operating. bring the valve more prompt y to its seat. The assembly is shown in Fig. V. Suction exerted through pipe .45 draws the gasoline into the measuring chamber, the rising tide of gasoline streaming through the spiral passage-way formed by and around the stem of valve 85, and the consequentso far overcome gravity that sucbuoyancy, tion raises valve 85 to its seat and cuts off the flow.

Secured upon base blocks 26 are baflle plates 39 which overhang the openings 34-- through the blocks, and so break the force of the incoming and outgoingstreams of gasoline. These baffle plates are ported in alignment with the valve-stem openings through the base blocks already mentioned. T

In the orifices 37 in platform 20 are spring-impelled, downwardly closing valves 38. The stems of these valves 38 are prolonged both upward and downward, and the upward extending stems penetrate with freedom of vertical mbtion blocks 26 and the heads 28 of the-measuring chambers and the baffle plates 39 also.

Upon conduit 23 is mounted a valve chest 41. Indeed the conduit itself may be re- -arded asforming part of the valve chest. 0 regarding it, this valve chest is divided internally by upper and lower horizontal partitions 42 andfll3 into three chambers, while the middle chamber of the three is subdivided by a medial vertical partition 44 into right and left middle chambers. The upper chamber communicates through pipe 6 with air pump 5; the lower chamber communicates with the open air through vent 40, whilethe two medial chambers comformed as to Y municate through ipes 45 with the upper ends of pipes (a ovethe valves contained if; those pipes) within themeasuring chains In the horizontal partitions 42 and 43 are opposite pairs of ports, and-double valves 46 are arran ed within the middle chambers to move vertically up and down and to close one port or the other of the oppositepair while leaving the other port of the pair uncovered. Springs 47 are provided which tend to hold these valves both of them to their seats in-the upper partition; thus normally suction is cut off and both measuring chambers are vented to the atmosphere. The stems'48, 49 of the two double valves extend downward through conduit 23 and into chamber 22, for purposes presently to be described." I v The pipes which connect the valve chest with the two measuring chambers, made preferably of, copper, are advantageously formed as shown with spiral coils- 'of-'one 'or more turns in their course. I spiral coils serve two ends: they afford flex- 1 Such ility for assembly, and they constitute I gasoline traps, as presently will. be more clearly explained.

'A hood 50 for the structure is conveniently secured to the-conduits 24 and 25 at their upper ends and is carried thereby; the hood may be surmounted by a globe 51 containing an incandescent lamp. Additionally, tie rods 52 may be provided, extending between hood 50 and latform 20, and these may be adjustable. hey aid in positioning the dome and securing it when in proper position, and they further afford sup ort for a cage 53, commonly of expande metal, which envelops the measuring chambers and all the mechanism between platform "and hood. j I

The suction pipe6 may rise within one of the conduits, 25 whilethrough the other, 24, may be led the conduit 18 for the wires 16, 17 of the light circuit.

To the orifices 36 in platform 20 leads the forked feed pipe 4; from chamber 22 o ens a discharge orifice 54 in which the familiar flexible delivery hose .55 may be secured.

" Journaled-in the opposite front and rear walls of chamber 22'"(see 'Fi IV) is a l rotary shaft 56, for turning w ich a crank 57 is provided. The shaft 56 carries intef grally a beam 58. Normall the arts stand in the position shown in igs. III and IV; the crank hangs vertically downward,

and the beam extends horizontally. As the crank is turned,.the beam is swung.

In the walls of chamber 22 are anchored 't wo leaf springs 59, and these s rings engage, each one of the prolonge stems 48 and 49 of the double valves 46 which control connections from the measuring chambers with the air pump and with the open air.

The arrangement is such that depression of one of the springs 59 draws the corresponding valve 46 downward against the tension of the coiled spring 47 which normally sustains it in elevated position. provided above with seats adapted to engage and as the beam swings to exert a substantially vertical thrust upward upon the downwardly prolonged stems, first of one and then of the other of the valves 38. Beam 58 is further provided below with bosses 60 adapted as. the beam swings, to abut upon and depress, first one and then the other of the leaf sprin s 59. i i

In each bi urcation of the forkedpipe is a valve chest 61, shown in section and to Beam 58 is larger scale in Fig. IX. )Vithin this chest is a valve 62 which, when free of associated instrumentallties about to be described, acts as a downwardly seating check valve.

Through the valve chest and ournaled in its walls extends a rotatable shaft 63; ex-

ternally, this shaft carries a weighted bell crank lever 64; internally, it carries a crank" mally the weighted lever holds the valve' unseated and abutting upon stop 67.

Within cas1ng(19 a lever68 is pivoted, and this lever Is Im ed tothe two weighted bell crank levers 64; The parts as they are shown I I in -IV are neutral position; in that position the welghted bell crank levers 64 are eii'ectiveto hold valves 62 in raised and lnactlve position. The upper end of lever 68 extends adjacent to handle 57, and it is there irolonged transversely in the form of a p ate 69 of. Figs. II, IV and XI). Crank, or han 1e, 57. is provided with a downward extending pin 70 which through out the ran of swing of the handle engages plate 69 he engaging surface for this pin tormed-in plate 69 is such that in all positions of the handle but neutral the handle holds lever 68 swung aside (anti-clockwise,

Fig. IV) and so valves 62 are free to act as check val'ves;.but when the handle is in neutral posltlon, the weighte'd'bell crank levers 64 are allowed to turn and shift the valves 62 to open ineffective, position. The shape of this plate 69 is shown in the plan view,

Fig. XI, and from this figure it will be aparent how when pin 70 is opposite the notch in the edge of plate 69 lever 68 can swing (clock-wlse, Fig. IV) in responseto gravity actlng upon weighted bell crank levers 64, but when the lever 68 has been swung anticlockwise and then handle 57 has been turned from neutral position, engagement of the Ell rim of plate 69 with pin 70 will 1101a bell crank levers 64 raised against gravity,and,

ashas been explained, while the bell crank levers are so raised valves 62 are free to act as check valves. When the apparatus is about to be used the attendant, before he turns handle 57, first draws outwardly the upper end of lever 68. That is to say, he turns lever 68 anti-clockwise, as seen in Fig.

IV, and in'so doing he turns bell crank levers 64 against gravity until further turning is checked by abutment upon shoulders 66. Then, while still holding the end of lever 68 he turns handle 57 from neutral position. He may then release his hold upon lever 68 and weighted levers 64 will then be sustained in retracted position (allowing check valves 62 to function), until handle 57 comes to scribed will readily be understood. At the filgSet lever 68 is swun anti-clockwise (Fig. I pla y and serve as check valves in the two branches of feed pipe 4. Crank 57 is then turned. This efiects swinging of beam 58. According to the position of'beam 58, the valve assembly 38, 38, 46, 46 stands in one or another of three desired positions, One

of these three positions is that shown in the drawings, the neutral or inactive position, wherein beam 58 extends horizonta l both valves 38 are by their controlling springs held in closed position, and both valves 46 are by their controlling springs 47- held in such position that both measuring chambers are vented to the open air. According to crank 57 .is turned from its vertical position .to right or to left through a predetermined range of angular turning, beam 58 is swung from horizontal position to a position of inclination to left or to right. As beam 58 swings (clock-wise, Figs. II and III) while it leaves valve 88 on the right closed, it en- I gages the stem of valve 38 on the left and unseats it; at the same time, leaving valve 46 on the left in its same venting-to-air poaition it-shifts valve 46.0n the right, and

(pump 5 being brought meanwhile into action) sets ugia condition of suction in the measuring 0 its range across the neutral position shown in the drawings) to the opposite limit, will efiect a reversal of the position of beam 58 and a corresponding complete reversal of the positions of the complementary set of valves 38, 38, 46, 46. v

This allows va ves 62 to come intoamber on the right. sub se quent turning of crank 57 from one limit of g the outflow of gasoline chamber to chamber 22 for, when valve 38 meaeie Beginning then with the neutral position shown, the turning of crank 57 clockwise (Figs. II and III) will bring-measuring chamber to the left to emptying condition (which, onthe initial turning, is immaterial, since the chamber is already empty but it will bring measuring chamber on t e right to filling condition: that is to say, valve 38 on the right will remain closed, while valve 46 on the right will be shifted to the position in which, communication with the atmosphere bein cut oil, suction is exerted from pump 6 t rough pipe 6, pipe 30, measuring chamber, and plpe 4, to supply tank 1.

In res onse to this suction a tide of gasoline will rise through pipe 4 past valve 62 in the right branch-of pipe 4, and into the measuri'ng chamber. As this tide rises and fills the measuring chamber. and finally partially submerges the check valve in the upper endof pipe 30. the suction effect will raise valve 85, the flow will be cut oil, and the after this initial filling of one measuring chamber has been effected, crank 57 is turns from one limit ofits range, in anti-clockwise as gasoline will stand, filling the measuring direction, to the opposite limit, reversal of the valve system 38, 38, 46, 46, will cause the previously filled measuring chamber, on

the right, to empty into chamber 22 and thence through pipe connection 55 to the tank in the consumers automobile or other receptacle, and the previously em ty measuring chamber, on the .left, to 15 1. While .themeasuring chamber on the right is emptying, the check valve 62 on the right remains closed, acted on both by weight from above and-by suction. from beneath. Thus repeated reciprocal turns of crank 57 through the intended range will efi'ect successive de-- liveries of gasoline in equal and predetermined units of volume.

The unit ordinarily will be a gallon, but

of course it may be greater than that, or less.

Turning of crank from either extreme position to neutral, attended as will be the case by release of bell crank levers 64, will effect no delivery of, asoline, but, to the 'contrary, will effect t e return of whatever gasolinek' the fixture contains, back to storage tan -1.'

The adjustment of partsis minutely such l fi chamume of that the previously led measuring her will open to discharge its vo gasoline an instant-before suction is set 111 in the oppositemeasuring. chamber. I 1

The fact that chamber 22 is always vented f g to The air, through the openin 40 in'the up per portion of pipe 23,'is a'vantageous in m measuring "otherwise would return to neutral.

v The coils,

begins to open, a ulsation of pressure which disturbing to a free and even discharge, is immediately relieved; and, furthermore, this venting of the chamber 22 above, allows free and full delivery through orifice 54 and ipe connection 55.

The neutral position of crank arm or handle 57 is that in which this member hangs vertically downward, and the member is weighted, to the end that when for any reason the handle is released by the attendant and left free, it will immediately When in the course of operation handle 57 is to be swung from one extreme of its range to the other the attend die 57 passes...

ant will hold lever 68 as han neutral, that lever 68 shall not swing as the pin 70 passes the notch inthe edge of plate 69. If when the check valve 85 in the upper end of each pipe 30 closes a small uantity of gasoline (a quantity well wit the reco ized margin of tolerance in fiasohne vemi iilg be cut of! above it, this sma s'e gated quantity of gasoline will be carried back into the measuring chamber when in the further operation the valve opens again. alluded to above, in the line of connection between measuring chamber and valve chest 41 serve as a trap, to collect asoline which might otherwise be sucked through and into the valve chest. And when thereafter, as the tide of gasoline in the measuring chamber recedes, air flows through this line of connection, whatever gasoline has previously been cut oif, includin that which may be trapped in the coil wil be swept back with the stream of air into the measuring chamber.

Inasmuch as gasoline is exceedingly volatile, it will be im ossible to prevent some vapor. from working back along the suction pipe to the pump and even beyond the pump to the exhaust. There is in thi no source of injury to the apparatus, but, in order to save the relatively small quantities of gasoline which otherwise would be wasted in this manner, the condenser 8 is arr in the'line of connection between fixture l and pump 5, and from this condenser, as well as from the exhaust pipe from the pump, return lines 9 and 10 for condensed gasoline lead back to storage tank 1. To uard against the suction of condensed and Fiquid gasoline from condenser to the pump,

' a check valve 72 is arranged in the pipe 6 ad'acent the condenser and on the pump si ethereof.

A cup 73 may encircle. pipe 23 exteriorly andimmediately beneath vent 401 to collect anydripping of condensed gaso ine vapor at that point.

The internal shaping of the chambers and passageways in block 26 brings it about that the tide of gasoline as it rises and recedes flows in devious course and so the surge 'Fig. VII). The

ma y, and when inactive, n the relative and recession are smooth and quiet; while the presence of the deflector 39 tends further to brin about the same efl'ect.

The inci ental conveniences in the arrangement of the fixture. are a parent on examining Figs. II and IV. he casing 19 is adapted, when the a paratus is inactive, to receive and contain it all within closed doors. To that end, the opposite openings 21 are formed in casing 19 and doors are provided for the openings. The flexible hose manifestly may be alternatel slipped within the casing and drawn out t roug the openin As for the handle 57-, it may be made w olly or in part removable and re laceable; As shown in Figs. II and I the handle is a jointed handle. The inner joint, to which the numeral 57 is immediately ap lied, extends wholly within the casing 19 51o outer joint 71 is elbowed, as a pears in Fig. IV, and is removably unite to the inner, so that grewhen applied the two parts are rigid and are such as to give free play to t e handle 1 in turning. W en the apparatus is to be left unattended, the outer section 71 of the handle is removed and thedoor closed.

Referring particularly to Figs. II and VII, upon baflle late 39 already described 15 set a standard 9. To standard 7 9 is secured a tally 80. Upon the operating shaft of the tally is secured a ratchet segment 81,

and from'the shaft extends also a long arm carrying a float 83. To'standard 79 is piv oted a finger 84. This finger at one end forms a tooth to engage ratchet 81 and at the other extends above the stem of valve 38, which, as has been ex lained, is prolonged upwardl and exten s through openings rovided or its free passage throu h base lock 26,-cylinder head 28, and e-. fiector lplate 39. The arran ement is such that w en valve 38 rises, a utment of its stem upon the end of finger 84 will swing the finger on its pivot, break the nicely adusted engagement of the o posite and toothed end ofthe finger with and leave the shaft of the talley free to turn (1n anti-clockwise direction, as indicated in finger 84 is so weighted that it tends always to take the position of en agement with the ratchet.

eration of this tally is as follows: Northe parts stand position shown in Fig. VII. As the measuring chamber which contains 84 engaging ratchet 81 prevents'the-turnmg of the talley shaft in res plense to thetendency of float to rise. I e float is so held ratchet 81 this apparatus fills, the ap aratus continues in its mactlve pos1t1on: t e toothed fin er a depressed until after the measuring chamber has been completely filled. When thereafter in the sequence of the operation already described valve 38 is raised, finger 84 is swung, engagement of tinger with ratchet'is broken, and immediately float 83 rises to the limit of its range. When in sequence thereafter the tide of gasoline within the chamber recedes the float'will descend with it, and then when valve 38 closes again the parts will be found again in the position shown in Fig. VII. The talley is so particularly constructed that record is made on the clockwise turning of the shaft, as seen in that is to say, on the descent of rifanii stly the invention is not limited to ending of gasoline, but is applicable generally to the dispensing'of liquids, or commodities that will flow, in units of volume.

l have minutely described the particular machine which it have built; in the ensuing claims I define those new mechanical features which constitute my invention; and in claiming them l claim them broadly, regardless of whether in details theexemplary showing which this particular machine affords be followed.

1 claim as my invention:

1. ln liquid-dispensing apparatus a fixture including a platform, a perforate pipe secured to an orifice n and rising from said platform, a measuring chamber encircling said pipe and resting upon said platform and-secured in position by a nut applied to said perforate pipe above, a source of liquid supply communicating by means of avalved passageway to and through the orifice in said platform and through said perforate pipe to said measuring chamber, means for exhausting air from said measuring chamber, and means for withdrawing liquid from said measuring chamber 2. ln a liquid-dispensing apparatus a fixture including a platform, a base block se cured to said platform having in its inner face a recess of relatively large transverse extent which when the block is applied forms with the platform a chamber, and the said base block having further a bore of relatively small diameter extending from said recess through the block to its outer face, a measuring chamber applied to said base block and to' which when applied there is free communication through the bore in said base block, means for exhausting air from said measuring chamber, a source of liquid supply, said supply being in valvecontrolled communication with the chamber formed by and between block and platform, through an orifice in the platform out of alignment with the bore through said block,-

and means for withdrawing liquid from said measuring chamber.

sarcasm 3. In liquid-dispensing apparatus a fixture including a latform, a perforate pipe secured to an ori ice in and rising from said platform, a measuring chamber encircling said pipe and resting on said platform, the pipe and measuring chamber when assembled being in free communication through the perforations in said pipe, means for exhausting air from said measuring chamber through said perforate pipe, a source of liquid supply, said supply being in valve-controlled communication through said platform with said perforate pipe, and means for withdrawing liquid from said measuring chamber.

4. In liquid-dispensing apparatus a fixture including a platform, a measuring chamber mounted on said platform, a valve chest mounted on said platform, a source of liquid supply communicating from below by means of a valved passageway through said platform to said measuring chamber, a spiraled ipe connection from said measuring cham er to said valve chest, means for exerting suction through said valve chest and pipe connection to said measuring chamber, and means for discharging liquid from said measuring chamber.

5. In liquid-dispensing apparatus a fixture including a platform, a measuring chamber borne on said platform and means for alternately filling and emptyin measuring chamber, such means inc uding an air exhaust line leading from the measuring chamber and a valve chest arranged in the course of said air exhaust line and within which alternately the continuity of the air exhaust line is interrupted and closed again, a hood overhanging said measuring chamber, and a pluralty of posts rising from said platform, one of said posts carrying said valve chest and another of said posts affording support for said hood and serving also as a conduit through which said air exhaust line leads. v

6. In liquid-dispensing apparatus a fixture including a platform, a delivery chamber arranged beneath said platform, a measuring chamber arranged above said platform, a plurality of hollow posts rising from said platform, one communicating through the platform with the delivery chamber be neath, one communicating through the plat; form with space external to said deliver chamber, the post in communication wit the delivery chamber sustaining and formin part of a valve chest, such valve chest being divided internally into upper, medial and lower valve chambers, and belng provided with internal ports and with a valve adapted to bring the medial chamber alternately into communication with upper and lower chambers, a suction pipe leading through another of said posts and communicating with the upper valve chamber,

said 4 the lower valve chamber being vented to the air, communication between measuring chamber and the medial chamber of the valve chest, a source of liquid supply, a valved assageway leading from sai source of supp y to said measuring chamber, communication from measuring chamber to delive chamber, a valve controlling the communication last named, and means for shifting synchronously the valve in the valve chest and the valve controlling communication from measuring chamber to delivery,

chamber, and a hood overhanging valve chest and measuring chamber, one of said posts afl'ordin support for said hood.

7. In liqui -dispensing apparatus a fixture includin a platform, a delivery chamber arranged neath the platform, a measuring chamber arranged above the platform,

a source of liquid supply communicat-in through a valved passageway with em measuring chamber, communication from measuring chamber to delivery chamber and a valve in the line of communication last named, a valve chest borne by said platform and subdivided internally into upper medial and lower chambers, the lower chamber communicating with said delivery chamber and with the open air, the medal cham ber communicating with the measuring chamber means for exhausting air from the upper chamber, and means for establishing alternate communication from the measuring chamber through the medial cham-v ber of the valve chest with the upper and the lower chambers thereof, and means for shifting simultaneously the means last named and the valve in the line of communi-' cation from measuring chamber to. delivery chamber, whereby when the valve last named is open, the measuring chamber is vented to the 0 en air. 7,

8. n liquid-dispensing apparatus a fixture including a platform, a discharge chamber arranged beneath the platform and a measuring chamber arranged above the platform, a plurality of hollow posts rising from said platform, a hood carried on said posts 1nd overhanging said platform and the parts borne thereon, an electric light element carried by said hood, a "valve chest borne by one of said posts, of which valve chest the hollow within the post forms part, a suction pipe leading through another of saidposts to said valve chest, a light affording electric circuit leading through another of said posts to said light element, means for establishing alternate communication through said valve chest from the open air to the measuring chamber and fromothemeasuring chamber" to said suction pipe, a source of liquid supply, and means for establishing alternate comflinication from said source of liquid supply to said measuring chamber and from Vmeasuring chamber and a conduit leading from the source of supply to the measuring chamber, means for establishing Within the measuring chamber alternately a condition of suction and a condition of communication w th the open air, and avalve-controlled discharge orifice in the measuring chamber, a check valve in the conduit from the source of supply to the measuring chamber openmg in the direction of flow indicated, and intermittently applicable means for throwmg said check valve out of service, the conduit then remaining open.

10. In liquid-dispensin apparatus the combination of a source 0 liquid supply, a measuring chamber arranged above said source of supply, a conduit leading from said source of supply to the measuring chamber, a downwardly closing check valve in said conduit. a discharge conduit leading from said measuring chamber, a valve nor-- mally cutting off flow through said discharge conduit, air-exhausting apparatus, movable means for establishing the measuring cham-- ber in communication alternately with the a r-exhausting apparatus and with the open air, and means or shifting alternately the said cut-off valve for the discharge pipe and the movable means last named above.

11. In liquid dispensing apparatus a measuring chamber, a supply conduit leadng to said chamber, a suction conduit leadmg upwardly from said chamber, and an upwardly closing valve in said conduit arranged to be buoyed up by the tide of liquid rising in sa d measuring chamber, said valve being provided with an extended and s irally grooved body and forming when t e valveis open. in cooperation with the conduit wall, a spiral passa way.

12. In liquid-dispensing apparatus the I in raised and ineffective position, and means adapted to be engaged by said crank arm for rendering ineffective said gravity-operated means, I to function as a check valve.

13. In liquid-dispensing apparatus the i combination with a measuring chamber adaptedto be filled by suction and emptied by gravity, means for exhausting air from said measuring chamber, a source of liquid to allow said valve toseat and supply, a supply pipe leading from 'said efiective position, said means being adapted 1 source of supply'to said measuring chamber. to he engaged by said crank arm and shifted a check valve in said supply pipe, a discharge by said crank arm to ineffective position, alport in the bottom of said measuring chanilowing the check valve to seat and function 5 her, a vvalve normally closing said port, as a check valve.

means for unseating the valve last named, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 16 such means including a swinging crank HlIIL my hand.

and means normally holding the said check valve in the supply pipe in raised and in- GEORGE W. MACKENZIE. 

